Car and Van News

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its new S-Class, boldly stating that the intention was to produce ‘the best automobile in the world’.

The car is expected in UK showrooms in September and expected to fill a larger chunk of the Mercedes range than ever before.

Toyota is to release a version of its Auris Hybrid family hatch with CO2 emissions cut to 84g/km.

The 6g/km shaving will enable the Auris to claim the lowest emissions figure in its class.

Volkswagen has opened order books for its latest Golf BlueMotion, promising the best emissions and economy yet seen in the car.

The new BlueMotion offers official combined cycle fuel consumption of 88.3 mpg and CO2 emissions of 85g/km.

Jaguar has unveiled the latest incarnation of its XJR, the fastest and most powerful version of the large saloon yet offered.

Shown to invited media ahead of this week’s New York Auto Show where it will make its public debut, the XJR has 541bhp from its 5-litre supercharged V8 engine.

UK buyers may well think it’s a city car aimed at the north, but the e-up! is Volkswagen’s first fully electric production vehicle.

A version of the up! city car, it will be launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September and go on sale from early 2014.

Mercedes’ new compact four-door coupe, the CLA, will be available with special aerodynamic tweaks that can reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 20g/km at speed.

A reduction of just 0.01 in a car’s drag co-efficient, or Cd, brings down CO2 by 5g/km at motorway pace, say Mercedes aerodynamics engineers.

Mitsubishi’s stand at the Geneva show this week is all about hybrids, following the brand’s previously-announced objective of having 20 per cent of its cars electric-based by 2020.

On show are a plug-in hybrid version of the Outlander SUV, the Concept CA-MiEV electric compact SUV and a hybrid pickup truck, the Concept GR-HEV.